The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-06-18
American Arrark.

II Is the general impression with most
people that lager beer is made from barley,
malt, and hops, and, II they were 10 be
told that the most inviting form Of the
amber col Ored beverage Is little else than a
diluted form of nee brandy. they would no
doubt repudate the idea with sc0rn, and
look upon the individual no would make
such a statement rs something OF d lunatic.
Yet 1t Is, Uey eTtheIess, q cold, hard, and
undeniable fact that the hghtest and pref
test beer made IL this country is brewed
Of rice, together with glucose, and is moth
Ing more nor less than a mild form of dead
lv rice brandy. with which the half-clVil-
lied Chinese swell their shaver heads.
ANY traveller who has sojourned in the land
Of the rising sun and experimental with
the fayorite potaton of the Celestals,
called by them "arIack, knows that this
rice brandy IS the most Nightingale in
t0Ncant that ever parayZed white
man. 1t Is imported to San Fran
cisco il large quantities for the residents
of Chinatown, and Jersey applejack is lamb
like and mild compared with it. It is no
wonder that while stimulated and frenzied
through drinking this dilution of liquid
dynamite, revolving crimes are constantly
perpetrated by them. Walking on house,
tops Is but an indifferent comparison with
the feeling Of elevation produced by
single glass of this peculiar intOxicant IL
Is OF straw color, and quite pretty to look
upon: but Ia one unaccustOmed 10 its in
diligence its effect on the brain Is like that
Of tn deadly night-shade upon the stom-
aeh 1t Is Startling news to Americans to
be told that they are being fed with rice
brandy III any form without knowing it.
fnt the question to any large brewer, and
ask HIM If lie does not depend upon rice
for the making of his best beer, and, If he
does not prevaricate, he Will be forced TO
acknowledge il as a fact. The steamship
tulda, plying between Bremen and New
York, brought TO New York. the first
week III November last, :, 800 bags Of cracked
rice, each bag weighing $40 pounds, and
the whole shipment weighing three hun
bred and thlrty-siX tons. The vessels Of
the German lines bring about double this
amount 10 New York twice a week. This
rIce Is imported to ,rermany from India for
exclusive use BY brewers, who produce
with II the lighter shades of amber and
straw colored beer that have been found to
sell best IN this country. Lager beer was
originally made from hops, barley. and
malt. breWed In the fall and allowed 10 re-
main in the watts until spring, when 1t was
casked for u.s.. The dark beers were those
having the most barley in them, while the
light were made up mostly from hops.
Beer differs from whisky by being pro-
duced through slow fermentation, and the
custom of letting II lie all winter IN vaults
retarded fermentation to exactly the proper
degree. Barley * a high priced ingre-
dent, and, therefore, such lngredi nts az
rire and corn are substituted in its place.
These do not contain sufficient sugar. and,
consequently. glucose must be added TO
give them enough. The modern brewer Is
a progressive business man, and regards
life as too short TO wait through a long
winter for his vas 10 cool. He uses cool
ing machines and hurries the process of
has beer making. so that be markets bls
weakened rrce- brandy IN a month after 1t
Is diluted 10 proof. and the hrst-class
hotels, rt~tauraT Is. and saloons pIoffer It
to their patrons under the guileless shape
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